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Jason Statham (Actor) .. Phil Broker

Born: September 12, 1972 in Chesterfield

Best Known For: Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.

Early-life: Born September 12, 1972, in Shirebrook, Derbyshire, but later moved to Great Yarmouth. He played football at school, but a passion for swimming led to his success as a diver on the British National Diving Team. While training at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, he was spotted by a talent scout and became a model for the French Connection clothing company.

Career: While modelling, he met then-unknown film-maker Guy Ritchie, who cast him in his first film, 1998's Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, which put them both on the showbiz map. Statham went on to star in Ritchie's follow-up movie Snatch, and then started forging a career in Hollywood. Although John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars was a flop, he soon proved to be one of Britain's most reliable action stars, thanks to hits such as The One, The Transporter and its sequel; The Italian Job; Cellular; Chaos; Crank; War, and The Bank Job. He was among the action star dream line-up in The Expendables and its sequels, and has several more films in production.

Quote: 'I'm enthusiastic and ambitious, and I work hard.'

Trivia: Statham wants stunt performers to be given their own category at the Oscars.

James Franco (Actor) .. Morgan `Gator" Bodine

Born: April 19, 1978 in Pala Alto, California

Best Known For: Spider-Man.

Early-life: James Edward Franco was born in Palo Alto, California, on April 19, 1978, and is the eldest of three brothers. His mother, Betsy Lou, is an actress and writer. His father, Doug, ran a technology business and died in 2011. James graduated from Palo Alto High School in 1996 and went on to attend UCLA, majoring in English. To overcome his shyness, he got into acting while studying there but, against his parents' wishes, left after just a year. After 15 months of intensive study at Robert Carnegie's Playhouse West, James began actively pursuing his dream of finding work in Hollywood.

Career: Franco landed a role in cult US TV show Freaks and Geeks, and followed it up with other minor roles before scoring a major critical success in a TV movie about the life of James Dean. That led to him being cast Spider-Man's best friend in the summer 2002 major hit Spider-Man and its sequels. Deuces Wild, City by the Sea, Pineapple Express and In the Valley of Elah followed. He won rave reviews opposite Sean Penn in Gus Van Sant's Milk and gave an Oscar-nominated performance in 127 Hours - he also co-hosted the Oscars in 2011. Despite huge movie successes, Franco re-enrolled at UCLA in the autumn of 2006 to study creative writing; he later published a collection of short stories which received mixed reviews.

Quote: 'When I was a child, I wanted to be an actor, but I had really bad buck teeth. I didn't want to get braces, but my mom said I couldn't be an actor if I didn't get the braces. So, I got the braces.'

Trivia: He has lectured in film at New York University and plays in the band Daddy.

Winona Ryder (Actor) .. Sheryl Marie Mott

Born: October 29, 1971 in Olmsted County, Minnesota

Best Known For: Her box-office hits.

Early-life: Born Winona Laura Horowitz on October 29, 1971, in Olmsted County, Minnesota. She was named after the nearby city of Winona. She grew up in a commune in northern California. Her parents were friends of Beat poet Allen Ginsberg, and her godfather was counter-culture icon Timothy Leary. When she was 10, the family moved to Petaluma near San Francisco, where she began acting lessons at the American Conservatory Theatre.

Career: In 1986, Winona made her film debut in Lucas; at the same time she changed her name to Ryder after listening to her father's Mitch Ryder album. Playing a troubled teen in 1988's Beetlejuice made her a star, and typecast her in the process. She also appeared as angst-ridden adolescents in Mermaids, Edward Scissorhands and Heathers. She came of age with Dracula in 1992, and received Oscar nominations for her roles in The Age of Innocence and Little Women. Other movies include Reality Bites, The Crucible, Girl Interrupted, Alien: Resurrection, Star Trek, Black Swan and Frankenweenie.

Quote: 'For a long time, I was almost ashamed of being an actress. I felt like it was a shallow occupation.'

Trivia: She hit the headlines for the wrong reasons in 2001 when she was arrested for shoplifting from the Saks Fifth Avenue department store in Beverly Hills. She was on probation until December 2005.

Izabela Vidovic (Actor) .. Maddy Broker

Kate Bosworth (Actor) .. Cassie Bodine Klum

Born: January 02, 1983 in Los Angeles

Best Known For: Superman Returns.

Early-life: Born Catherine Ann Bosworth in Los Angeles on January 2, 1983, Kate is the only child of Patricia and Harold. She moved a lot during her youth due to her father's job at a fashion retailer. She originally wanted to be a competitive horse rider. She attended an open audition in New York for a movie about horses - Robert Redford's The Horse Whisperer - and ended up landing the role of the female lead's best friend.

Career: In 2000, Bosworth starred in short-lived TV drama Young Americans. After relocating to Los Angeles, she landed a breakthrough role in surfing movie Blue Crush (2002). Roles followed in The Rules of Attraction (2002), Wonderland (2003) and Win a Date with Tad Hamilton (2004). She gained worldwide recognition in 2006 when she played Lois Lane in Superman Returns.

Quote: 'It's sort of interesting how, when you get older, things that were once so important sort of fall away.'

Trivia: In 2008, Bosworth became the face of Calvin Klein Jeans.

Marcus Hester (Actor) .. Jimmy Klum

Clancy Brown (Actor) .. Sheriff Keith Rodrigue

Omar Benson Miller (Actor) .. Teedo

Gary Fleder (Director)

9:00 pm - 9:56 pm, Thursday, July 23 on Great! Action (42)

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